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- who did the Mexican government send to Texas after the Friedanian rebellion
- The site of Lincoln assassination's 5 days after lees surrendered
- His strategies of total war scorched earth and infamous march to the sea caused devastation in the south
- why was stephen f austin thrown in jail?
- A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they(A) created a too-powerful chief executive(B) did not include a mechanism for their own amendment(C)made it too difficult for the government to raisemoney through taxes and duties(D)denied the federal government the power to mediate disputes between states
- Which of the following best describes the effect of the American rail system in the 19th century?(A) Government subsidy of the railroads enabled markets to expand and production to become more efficient.(B) The entire national system was planned before the first railway was constructed.(C) The development of the rails had little effect on the development of American industry.D) A more highly developed rail system gave the Confederacy a decided advantage in the Civil War.
- At Fort Pillow in Tennessee Confederate troops killed over...
- Who did Grant appoint as commander of the military division of the Mississippi
- The confederates won this first real land battle of the civil war
- after this battle Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation
- This region developed a strong industrial economy during the civil war
- This was the only state created during the civil war
- In March 1864 who did Lincolnappoint as commander of all Union armies
- 1863, Where did Mobs rampaged through after they began being drafted
- Former senator from Mississippi, he would serve as the president of the Confederacy
- By what means did the United States take possession of the Oregon Territory?(A) The United States was granted the territory in a postwar treaty with France.(B)The United States bought it from the NativeAmericans who lived there.(C)U.S. settlers were the first to arrive in the region; they claimed it for their country.(D)Great Britain ceded it to the United States as part ofa negotiated treaty.
- Congress established first ______ on earnings to pay for war
- US Sanitary Commission - worked to improve hygiene in army camps
- Which of the following changes in westward migration is most likely to have occurred in the 1840s?(A) The number of pioneers headed for the Oregon territory decreased while the number headed for California greatly increased.(B)The first great wave of migration ended, and the number of migrants remained extremely low until after the Civil War.(C)For the first time, pioneers began to settle areas west of the Mississippi River.(D)Large numbers of free Black people, unwelcome in the East, began to resettle in the West.
- The most notable achievement of the United States under the Articles of Confederation was(A) the creation of a strong executive office to lead the national government(B)the empowerment of Congress to regulate commerce(C)the empowerment of Congress to collect taxes(D)the provision for land sales in the Northwest that would benefit the entire nation